![]() Read our full Astell & Kern A&norma SR35 review Even the shortest listening sessions will become lengthy deep-dives into much-loved tracks, to see what this beauty of a DAP can do with them. Whatever you're listening to, the sound this player is capable of is deft, detailed and fun like you wouldn’t believe. So while you should really be giving it all of the 24bit/192kHz FLAC files, this particular Astell & Kern will readily tolerate and deliver 320kbps Spotify streams better than most. It's about the size of a deck of cards and at 184g it isn't the lightest DAP on the market, but believe us when we tell you that the four onboard DAC filters and new amp circuitry are worth a few extra grams – and if you can afford it, the more-than-few-extra dollars you'll pay.Īlso, while the SR35 deserves the best standard of content of content you can afford to load up onto it, it’s less fussy than many rival players. ![]() Astell & Kern doesn't do budget options.īut the good news is that the premium nature of the SR35 applies to the specification, the sound quality and the user interface as well as the high ticket-price. Look, however much Astell & Kern wants to believe this is an 'entry level' player, it's not – it is really quite expensive in anyone's money. Not to nudge you either way, but it's easy to look at the saving you'll make here and decide it's worth putting into a nice high-capacity microSD card, instead of its pricier rival. The Fiio M11S does an excellent job of gently undercutting its closest rival, the Astell & Kern a&norma SR25 Mk II (also in this roundup). There's lots to love here including an Android 10 operating system, a touchscreen that's smooth and responsive, a punchy yet controlled and detailed sound and a resoundingly classy build. The treble is perhaps a little on the bright side, but not so much that we'd consider it a fault – moreover that it's our job nitpick and here, we have noted it. It has more than enough headroom to dispatch bigger shifts without issue and when called upon, it faithfully describes big, wide and properly defined soundstages. The M11S is intuitive enough to make trifling or often transient information apparent, and it can relay the most nuanced, delicate and dynamic variations in a solo instrument with ease. In every meaningful music-making respect, it's got skills – and in some areas, it’s a certified expert. You don’t have to listen long, hard, or through particularly talented headphones to realise the M11S is the genuine article.
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